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/*
www.sourceforge.net/projects/tinyxml
Original code by Lee Thomason (www.grinninglizard.com)

This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied 
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damages arising from the use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any 
purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and 
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*/

#include <ctype.h>
#include <stddef.h>

#include "tinyxml.h"

//#define DEBUG_PARSER
#if defined( DEBUG_PARSER )
#       if defined( DEBUG ) && defined( _MSC_VER )
#               include <windows.h>
#               define TIXML_LOG OutputDebugString
#       else
#               define TIXML_LOG printf
#       endif
#endif

// Note tha "PutString" hardcodes the same list. This
// is less flexible than it appears. Changing the entries
// or order will break putstring.       
TiXmlBase::Entity TiXmlBase::entity[ TiXmlBase::NUM_ENTITY ] = 
{
        { "&amp;",  5, '&' },
        { "&lt;",   4, '<' },
        { "&gt;",   4, '>' },
        { "&quot;", 6, '\"' },
        { "&apos;", 6, '\'' }
};

// Bunch of unicode info at:
//              http://www.unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html
// Including the basic of this table, which determines the #bytes in the
// sequence from the lead byte. 1 placed for invalid sequences --
// although the result will be junk, pass it through as much as possible.
// Beware of the non-characters in UTF-8:       
//                              ef bb bf (Microsoft "lead bytes")
//                              ef bf be
//                              ef bf bf 

const unsigned char TIXML_UTF_LEAD_0 = 0xefU;
const unsigned char TIXML_UTF_LEAD_1 = 0xbbU;
const unsigned char TIXML_UTF_LEAD_2 = 0xbfU;

const int TiXmlBase::utf8ByteTable[256] = 
{
        //      0       1       2       3       4       5       6       7       8       9       a       b       c       d       e       f
                1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      // 0x00
                1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      // 0x10
                1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      // 0x20
                1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      // 0x30
                1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      // 0x40
                1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      // 0x50
                1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      // 0x60
                1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      // 0x70 End of ASCII range
                1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      // 0x80 0x80 to 0xc1 invalid
                1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      // 0x90 
                1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      // 0xa0 
                1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      // 0xb0 
                1,      1,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      // 0xc0 0xc2 to 0xdf 2 byte
                2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      2,      // 0xd0
                3,      3,      3,      3,      3,      3,      3,      3,      3,      3,      3,      3,      3,      3,      3,      3,      // 0xe0 0xe0 to 0xef 3 byte
                4,      4,      4,      4,      4,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1,      1       // 0xf0 0xf0 to 0xf4 4 byte, 0xf5 and higher invalid
};


void TiXmlBase::ConvertUTF32ToUTF8( unsigned long input, char* output, int* length )
{
        const unsigned long BYTE_MASK = 0xBF;
        const unsigned long BYTE_MARK = 0x80;
        const unsigned long FIRST_BYTE_MARK[7] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0xC0, 0xE0, 0xF0, 0xF8, 0xFC };

        if (input < 0x80) 
                *length = 1;
        else if ( input < 0x800 )
                *length = 2;
        else if ( input < 0x10000 )
                *length = 3;
        else if ( input < 0x200000 )
                *length = 4;
        else
                { *length = 0; return; }        // This code won't covert this correctly anyway.

        output += *length;

        // Scary scary fall throughs.
        switch (*length) 
        {
                case 4:
                        --output; 
                        *output = (char)((input | BYTE_MARK) & BYTE_MASK); 
                        input >>= 6;
                case 3:
                        --output; 
                        *output = (char)((input | BYTE_MARK) & BYTE_MASK); 
                        input >>= 6;
                case 2:
                        --output; 
                        *output = (char)((input | BYTE_MARK) & BYTE_MASK); 
                        input >>= 6;
                case 1:
                        --output; 
                        *output = (char)(input | FIRST_BYTE_MARK[*length]);
        }
}


/*static*/ int TiXmlBase::IsAlpha( unsigned char anyByte, TiXmlEncoding /*encoding*/ )
{
        // This will only work for low-ascii, everything else is assumed to be a valid
        // letter. I'm not sure this is the best approach, but it is quite tricky trying
        // to figure out alhabetical vs. not across encoding. So take a very 
        // conservative approach.

//      if ( encoding == TIXML_ENCODING_UTF8 )
//      {
                if ( anyByte < 127 )
                        return isalpha( anyByte );
                else
                        return 1;       // What else to do? The unicode set is huge...get the english ones right.
//      }
//      else
//      {
//              return isalpha( anyByte );
//      }
}


/*static*/ int TiXmlBase::IsAlphaNum( unsigned char anyByte, TiXmlEncoding /*encoding*/ )
{
        // This will only work for low-ascii, everything else is assumed to be a valid
        // letter. I'm not sure this is the best approach, but it is quite tricky trying
        // to figure out alhabetical vs. not across encoding. So take a very 
        // conservative approach.

//      if ( encoding == TIXML_ENCODING_UTF8 )
//      {
                if ( anyByte < 127 )
                        return isalnum( anyByte );
                else
                        return 1;       // What else to do? The unicode set is huge...get the english ones right.
//      }
//      else
//      {
//              return isalnum( anyByte );
//      }
}


class TiXmlParsingData
{
        friend class TiXmlDocument;
  public:
        void Stamp( const char* now, TiXmlEncoding encoding );

        const TiXmlCursor& Cursor() const       { return cursor; }

  private:
        // Only used by the document!
        TiXmlParsingData( const char* start, int _tabsize, int row, int col )
        {
                assert( start );
                stamp = start;
                tabsize = _tabsize;
                cursor.row = row;
                cursor.col = col;
        }

        TiXmlCursor             cursor;
        const char*             stamp;
        int                             tabsize;
};


void TiXmlParsingData::Stamp( const char* now, TiXmlEncoding encoding )
{
        assert( now );

        // Do nothing if the tabsize is 0.
        if ( tabsize < 1 )
        {
                return;
        }

        // Get the current row, column.
        int row = cursor.row;
        int col = cursor.col;
        const char* p = stamp;
        assert( p );

        while ( p < now )
        {
                // Treat p as unsigned, so we have a happy compiler.
                const unsigned char* pU = (const unsigned char*)p;

                // Code contributed by Fletcher Dunn: (modified by lee)
                switch (*pU) {
                        case 0:
                                // We *should* never get here, but in case we do, don't
                                // advance past the terminating null character, ever
                                return;

                        case '\r':
                                // bump down to the next line
                                ++row;
                                col = 0;                                
                                // Eat the character
                                ++p;

                                // Check for \r\n sequence, and treat this as a single character
                                if (*p == '\n') {
                                        ++p;
                                }
                                break;

                        case '\n':
                                // bump down to the next line
                                ++row;
                                col = 0;

                                // Eat the character
                                ++p;

                                // Check for \n\r sequence, and treat this as a single
                                // character.  (Yes, this bizarre thing does occur still
                                // on some arcane platforms...)
                                if (*p == '\r') {
                                        ++p;
                                }
                                break;

                        case '\t':
                                // Eat the character
                                ++p;

                                // Skip to next tab stop
                                col = (col / tabsize + 1) * tabsize;
                                break;

                        case TIXML_UTF_LEAD_0:
                                if ( encoding == TIXML_ENCODING_UTF8 )
                                {
                                        if ( *(p+1) && *(p+2) )
                                        {
                                                // In these cases, don't advance the column. These are
                                                // 0-width spaces.
                                                if ( *(pU+1)==TIXML_UTF_LEAD_1 && *(pU+2)==TIXML_UTF_LEAD_2 )
                                                        p += 3; 
                                                else if ( *(pU+1)==0xbfU && *(pU+2)==0xbeU )
                                                        p += 3; 
                                                else if ( *(pU+1)==0xbfU && *(pU+2)==0xbfU )
                                                        p += 3; 
                                                else
                                                        { p +=3; ++col; }       // A normal character.
                                        }
                                }
                                else
                                {
                                        ++p;
                                        ++col;
                                }
                                break;

                        default:
                                if ( encoding == TIXML_ENCODING_UTF8 )
                                {
                                        // Eat the 1 to 4 byte utf8 character.
                                        int step = TiXmlBase::utf8ByteTable[*((const unsigned char*)p)];
                                        if ( step == 0 )
                                                step = 1;               // Error case from bad encoding, but handle gracefully.
                                        p += step;

                                        // Just advance one column, of course.
                                        ++col;
                                }
                                else
                                {
                                        ++p;
                                        ++col;
                                }
                                break;
                }
        }
        cursor.row = row;
        cursor.col = col;
        assert( cursor.row >= -1 );
        assert( cursor.col >= -1 );
        stamp = p;
        assert( stamp );
}


const char* TiXmlBase::SkipWhiteSpace( const char* p, TiXmlEncoding encoding )
{
        if ( !p || !*p )
        {
                return 0;
        }
        if ( encoding == TIXML_ENCODING_UTF8 )
        {
                while ( *p )
                {
                        const unsigned char* pU = (const unsigned char*)p;
                        
                        // Skip the stupid Microsoft UTF-8 Byte order marks
                        if (    *(pU+0)==TIXML_UTF_LEAD_0
                                 && *(pU+1)==TIXML_UTF_LEAD_1 
                                 && *(pU+2)==TIXML_UTF_LEAD_2 )
                        {
                                p += 3;
                                continue;
                        }
                        else if(*(pU+0)==TIXML_UTF_LEAD_0
                                 && *(pU+1)==0xbfU
                                 && *(pU+2)==0xbeU )
                        {
                                p += 3;
                                continue;
                        }
                        else if(*(pU+0)==TIXML_UTF_LEAD_0
                                 && *(pU+1)==0xbfU
                                 && *(pU+2)==0xbfU )
                        {
                                p += 3;
                                continue;
                        }

                        if ( IsWhiteSpace( *p ) )               // Still using old rules for white space.
                                ++p;
                        else
                                break;
                }
        }
        else
        {
                while ( *p && IsWhiteSpace( *p ) )
                        ++p;
        }

        return p;
}

#ifdef TIXML_USE_STL
/*static*/ bool TiXmlBase::StreamWhiteSpace( std::istream * in, TIXML_STRING * tag )
{
        for( ;; )
        {
                if ( !in->good() ) return false;

                int c = in->peek();
                // At this scope, we can't get to a document. So fail silently.
                if ( !IsWhiteSpace( c ) || c <= 0 )
                        return true;

                *tag += (char) in->get();
        }
}

/*static*/ bool TiXmlBase::StreamTo( std::istream * in, int character, TIXML_STRING * tag )
{
        //assert( character > 0 && character < 128 );   // else it won't work in utf-8
        while ( in->good() )
        {
                int c = in->peek();
                if ( c == character )
                        return true;
                if ( c <= 0 )           // Silent failure: can't get document at this scope
                        return false;

                in->get();
                *tag += (char) c;
        }
        return false;
}
#endif

// One of TinyXML's more performance demanding functions. Try to keep the memory overhead down. The
// "assign" optimization removes over 10% of the execution time.
//
const char* TiXmlBase::ReadName( const char* p, TIXML_STRING * name, TiXmlEncoding encoding )
{
        // Oddly, not supported on some comilers,
        //name->clear();
        // So use this:
        *name = "";
        assert( p );

        // Names start with letters or underscores.
        // Of course, in unicode, tinyxml has no idea what a letter *is*. The
        // algorithm is generous.
        //
        // After that, they can be letters, underscores, numbers,
        // hyphens, or colons. (Colons are valid ony for namespaces,
        // but tinyxml can't tell namespaces from names.)
        if (    p && *p 
                 && ( IsAlpha( (unsigned char) *p, encoding ) || *p == '_' ) )
        {
                const char* start = p;
                while(          p && *p
                                &&      (               IsAlphaNum( (unsigned char ) *p, encoding ) 
                                                 || *p == '_'
                                                 || *p == '-'
                                                 || *p == '.'
                                                 || *p == ':' ) )
                {
                        //(*name) += *p; // expensive
                        ++p;
                }
                if ( p-start > 0 ) {
                        name->assign( start, p-start );
                }
                return p;
        }
        return 0;
}

const char* TiXmlBase::GetEntity( const char* p, char* value, int* length, TiXmlEncoding encoding )
{
        // Presume an entity, and pull it out.
    TIXML_STRING ent;
        int i;
        *length = 0;

        if ( *(p+1) && *(p+1) == '#' && *(p+2) )
        {
                unsigned long ucs = 0;
                ptrdiff_t delta = 0;
                unsigned mult = 1;

                if ( *(p+2) == 'x' )
                {
                        // Hexadecimal.
                        if ( !*(p+3) ) return 0;

                        const char* q = p+3;
                        q = strchr( q, ';' );

                        if ( !q || !*q ) return 0;

                        delta = q-p;
                        --q;

                        while ( *q != 'x' )
                        {
                                if ( *q >= '0' && *q <= '9' )
                                        ucs += mult * (*q - '0');
                                else if ( *q >= 'a' && *q <= 'f' )
                                        ucs += mult * (*q - 'a' + 10);
                                else if ( *q >= 'A' && *q <= 'F' )
                                        ucs += mult * (*q - 'A' + 10 );
                                else 
                                        return 0;
                                mult *= 16;
                                --q;
                        }
                }
                else
                {
                        // Decimal.
                        if ( !*(p+2) ) return 0;

                        const char* q = p+2;
                        q = strchr( q, ';' );

                        if ( !q || !*q ) return 0;

                        delta = q-p;
                        --q;

                        while ( *q != '#' )
                        {
                                if ( *q >= '0' && *q <= '9' )
                                        ucs += mult * (*q - '0');
                                else 
                                        return 0;
                                mult *= 10;
                                --q;
                        }
                }
                if ( encoding == TIXML_ENCODING_UTF8 )
                {
                        // convert the UCS to UTF-8
                        ConvertUTF32ToUTF8( ucs, value, length );
                }
                else
                {
                        *value = (char)ucs;
                        *length = 1;
                }
                return p + delta + 1;
        }

        // Now try to match it.
        for( i=0; i<NUM_ENTITY; ++i )
        {
                if ( strncmp( entity[i].str, p, entity[i].strLength ) == 0 )
                {
                        assert( strlen( entity[i].str ) == entity[i].strLength );
                        *value = entity[i].chr;
                        *length = 1;
                        return ( p + entity[i].strLength );
                }
        }

        // So it wasn't an entity, its unrecognized, or something like that.
        *value = *p;    // Don't put back the last one, since we return it!
        //*length = 1;  // Leave unrecognized entities - this doesn't really work.
                                        // Just writes strange XML.
        return p+1;
}


bool TiXmlBase::StringEqual( const char* p,
                                                         const char* tag,
                                                         bool ignoreCase,
                                                         TiXmlEncoding encoding )
{
        assert( p );
        assert( tag );
        if ( !p || !*p )
        {
                assert( 0 );
                return false;
        }

        const char* q = p;

        if ( ignoreCase )
        {
                while ( *q && *tag && ToLower( *q, encoding ) == ToLower( *tag, encoding ) )
                {
                        ++q;
                        ++tag;
                }

                if ( *tag == 0 )
                        return true;
        }
        else
        {
                while ( *q && *tag && *q == *tag )
                {
                        ++q;
                        ++tag;
                }

                if ( *tag == 0 )                // Have we found the end of the tag, and everything equal?
                        return true;
        }
        return false;
}

const char* TiXmlBase::ReadText(        const char* p, 
                                                                        TIXML_STRING * text, 
                                                                        bool trimWhiteSpace, 
                                                                        const char* endTag, 
                                                                        bool caseInsensitive,
                                                                        TiXmlEncoding encoding )
{
    *text = "";
        if (    !trimWhiteSpace                 // certain tags always keep whitespace
                 || !condenseWhiteSpace )       // if true, whitespace is always kept
        {
                // Keep all the white space.
                while (    p && *p
                                && !StringEqual( p, endTag, caseInsensitive, encoding )
                          )
                {
                        int len;
                        char cArr[4] = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
                        p = GetChar( p, cArr, &len, encoding );
                        text->append( cArr, len );
                }
        }
        else
        {
                bool whitespace = false;

                // Remove leading white space:
                p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, encoding );
                while (    p && *p
                                && !StringEqual( p, endTag, caseInsensitive, encoding ) )
                {
                        if ( *p == '\r' || *p == '\n' )
                        {
                                whitespace = true;
                                ++p;
                        }
                        else if ( IsWhiteSpace( *p ) )
                        {
                                whitespace = true;
                                ++p;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                                // If we've found whitespace, add it before the
                                // new character. Any whitespace just becomes a space.
                                if ( whitespace )
                                {
                                        (*text) += ' ';
                                        whitespace = false;
                                }
                                int len;
                                char cArr[4] = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
                                p = GetChar( p, cArr, &len, encoding );
                                if ( len == 1 )
                                        (*text) += cArr[0];     // more efficient
                                else
                                        text->append( cArr, len );
                        }
                }
        }
        if ( p && *p )
                p += strlen( endTag );
        return ( p && *p ) ? p : 0;
}

#ifdef TIXML_USE_STL

void TiXmlDocument::StreamIn( std::istream * in, TIXML_STRING * tag )
{
        // The basic issue with a document is that we don't know what we're
        // streaming. Read something presumed to be a tag (and hope), then
        // identify it, and call the appropriate stream method on the tag.
        //
        // This "pre-streaming" will never read the closing ">" so the
        // sub-tag can orient itself.

        if ( !StreamTo( in, '<', tag ) ) 
        {
                SetError( TIXML_ERROR_PARSING_EMPTY, 0, 0, TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN );
                return;
        }

        while ( in->good() )
        {
                int tagIndex = (int) tag->length();
                while ( in->good() && in->peek() != '>' )
                {
                        int c = in->get();
                        if ( c <= 0 )
                        {
                                SetError( TIXML_ERROR_EMBEDDED_NULL, 0, 0, TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN );
                                break;
                        }
                        (*tag) += (char) c;
                }

                if ( in->good() )
                {
                        // We now have something we presume to be a node of 
                        // some sort. Identify it, and call the node to
                        // continue streaming.
                        TiXmlNode* node = Identify( tag->c_str() + tagIndex, TIXML_DEFAULT_ENCODING );

                        if ( node )
                        {
                                node->StreamIn( in, tag );
                                bool isElement = node->ToElement() != 0;
                                delete node;
                                node = 0;

                                // If this is the root element, we're done. Parsing will be
                                // done by the >> operator.
                                if ( isElement )
                                {
                                        return;
                                }
                        }
                        else
                        {
                                SetError( TIXML_ERROR, 0, 0, TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN );
                                return;
                        }
                }
        }
        // We should have returned sooner.
        SetError( TIXML_ERROR, 0, 0, TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN );
}

#endif

const char* TiXmlDocument::Parse( const char* p, TiXmlParsingData* prevData, TiXmlEncoding encoding )
{
        ClearError();

        // Parse away, at the document level. Since a document
        // contains nothing but other tags, most of what happens
        // here is skipping white space.
        if ( !p || !*p )
        {
                SetError( TIXML_ERROR_DOCUMENT_EMPTY, 0, 0, TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN );
                return 0;
        }

        // Note that, for a document, this needs to come
        // before the while space skip, so that parsing
        // starts from the pointer we are given.
        location.Clear();
        if ( prevData )
        {
                location.row = prevData->cursor.row;
                location.col = prevData->cursor.col;
        }
        else
        {
                location.row = 0;
                location.col = 0;
        }
        TiXmlParsingData data( p, TabSize(), location.row, location.col );
        location = data.Cursor();

        if ( encoding == TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN )
        {
                // Check for the Microsoft UTF-8 lead bytes.
                const unsigned char* pU = (const unsigned char*)p;
                if (    *(pU+0) && *(pU+0) == TIXML_UTF_LEAD_0
                         && *(pU+1) && *(pU+1) == TIXML_UTF_LEAD_1
                         && *(pU+2) && *(pU+2) == TIXML_UTF_LEAD_2 )
                {
                        encoding = TIXML_ENCODING_UTF8;
                        useMicrosoftBOM = true;
                }
        }

    p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, encoding );
        if ( !p )
        {
                SetError( TIXML_ERROR_DOCUMENT_EMPTY, 0, 0, TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN );
                return 0;
        }

        while ( p && *p )
        {
                TiXmlNode* node = Identify( p, encoding );
                if ( node )
                {
                        p = node->Parse( p, &data, encoding );
                        LinkEndChild( node );
                }
                else
                {
                        break;
                }

                // Did we get encoding info?
                if (    encoding == TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN
                         && node->ToDeclaration() )
                {
                        TiXmlDeclaration* dec = node->ToDeclaration();
                        const char* enc = dec->Encoding();
                        assert( enc );

                        if ( *enc == 0 )
                                encoding = TIXML_ENCODING_UTF8;
                        else if ( StringEqual( enc, "UTF-8", true, TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN ) )
                                encoding = TIXML_ENCODING_UTF8;
                        else if ( StringEqual( enc, "UTF8", true, TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN ) )
                                encoding = TIXML_ENCODING_UTF8; // incorrect, but be nice
                        else 
                                encoding = TIXML_ENCODING_LEGACY;
                }

                p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, encoding );
        }

        // Was this empty?
        if ( !firstChild ) {
                SetError( TIXML_ERROR_DOCUMENT_EMPTY, 0, 0, encoding );
                return 0;
        }

        // All is well.
        return p;
}

void TiXmlDocument::SetError( int err, const char* pError, TiXmlParsingData* data, TiXmlEncoding encoding )
{       
        // The first error in a chain is more accurate - don't set again!
        if ( error )
                return;

        assert( err > 0 && err < TIXML_ERROR_STRING_COUNT );
        error   = true;
        errorId = err;
        errorDesc = errorString[ errorId ];

        errorLocation.Clear();
        if ( pError && data )
        {
                data->Stamp( pError, encoding );
                errorLocation = data->Cursor();
        }
}


TiXmlNode* TiXmlNode::Identify( const char* p, TiXmlEncoding encoding )
{
        TiXmlNode* returnNode = 0;

        p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, encoding );
        if( !p || !*p || *p != '<' )
        {
                return 0;
        }

        p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, encoding );

        if ( !p || !*p )
        {
                return 0;
        }

        // What is this thing? 
        // - Elements start with a letter or underscore, but xml is reserved.
        // - Comments: <!--
        // - Decleration: <?xml
        // - Everthing else is unknown to tinyxml.
        //

        const char* xmlHeader = { "<?xml" };
        const char* commentHeader = { "<!--" };
        const char* dtdHeader = { "<!" };
        const char* cdataHeader = { "<![CDATA[" };

        if ( StringEqual( p, xmlHeader, true, encoding ) )
        {
                #ifdef DEBUG_PARSER
                        TIXML_LOG( "XML parsing Declaration\n" );
                #endif
                returnNode = new TiXmlDeclaration();
        }
        else if ( StringEqual( p, commentHeader, false, encoding ) )
        {
                #ifdef DEBUG_PARSER
                        TIXML_LOG( "XML parsing Comment\n" );
                #endif
                returnNode = new TiXmlComment();
        }
        else if ( StringEqual( p, cdataHeader, false, encoding ) )
        {
                #ifdef DEBUG_PARSER
                        TIXML_LOG( "XML parsing CDATA\n" );
                #endif
                TiXmlText* text = new TiXmlText( "" );
                text->SetCDATA( true );
                returnNode = text;
        }
        else if ( StringEqual( p, dtdHeader, false, encoding ) )
        {
                #ifdef DEBUG_PARSER
                        TIXML_LOG( "XML parsing Unknown(1)\n" );
                #endif
                returnNode = new TiXmlUnknown();
        }
        else if (    IsAlpha( *(p+1), encoding )
                          || *(p+1) == '_' )
        {
                #ifdef DEBUG_PARSER
                        TIXML_LOG( "XML parsing Element\n" );
                #endif
                returnNode = new TiXmlElement( "" );
        }
        else
        {
                #ifdef DEBUG_PARSER
                        TIXML_LOG( "XML parsing Unknown(2)\n" );
                #endif
                returnNode = new TiXmlUnknown();
        }

        if ( returnNode )
        {
                // Set the parent, so it can report errors
                returnNode->parent = this;
        }
        return returnNode;
}

#ifdef TIXML_USE_STL

void TiXmlElement::StreamIn (std::istream * in, TIXML_STRING * tag)
{
        // We're called with some amount of pre-parsing. That is, some of "this"
        // element is in "tag". Go ahead and stream to the closing ">"
        while( in->good() )
        {
                int c = in->get();
                if ( c <= 0 )
                {
                        TiXmlDocument* document = GetDocument();
                        if ( document )
                                document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_EMBEDDED_NULL, 0, 0, TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN );
                        return;
                }
                (*tag) += (char) c ;
                
                if ( c == '>' )
                        break;
        }

        if ( tag->length() < 3 ) return;

        // Okay...if we are a "/>" tag, then we're done. We've read a complete tag.
        // If not, identify and stream.

        if (    tag->at( tag->length() - 1 ) == '>' 
                 && tag->at( tag->length() - 2 ) == '/' )
        {
                // All good!
                return;
        }
        else if ( tag->at( tag->length() - 1 ) == '>' )
        {
                // There is more. Could be:
                //              text
                //              cdata text (which looks like another node)
                //              closing tag
                //              another node.
                for ( ;; )
                {
                        StreamWhiteSpace( in, tag );

                        // Do we have text?
                        if ( in->good() && in->peek() != '<' ) 
                        {
                                // Yep, text.
                                TiXmlText text( "" );
                                text.StreamIn( in, tag );

                                // What follows text is a closing tag or another node.
                                // Go around again and figure it out.
                                continue;
                        }

                        // We now have either a closing tag...or another node.
                        // We should be at a "<", regardless.
                        if ( !in->good() ) return;
                        assert( in->peek() == '<' );
                        int tagIndex = (int) tag->length();

                        bool closingTag = false;
                        bool firstCharFound = false;

                        for( ;; )
                        {
                                if ( !in->good() )
                                        return;

                                int c = in->peek();
                                if ( c <= 0 )
                                {
                                        TiXmlDocument* document = GetDocument();
                                        if ( document )
                                                document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_EMBEDDED_NULL, 0, 0, TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN );
                                        return;
                                }
                                
                                if ( c == '>' )
                                        break;

                                *tag += (char) c;
                                in->get();

                                // Early out if we find the CDATA id.
                                if ( c == '[' && tag->size() >= 9 )
                                {
                                        size_t len = tag->size();
                                        const char* start = tag->c_str() + len - 9;
                                        if ( strcmp( start, "<![CDATA[" ) == 0 ) {
                                                assert( !closingTag );
                                                break;
                                        }
                                }

                                if ( !firstCharFound && c != '<' && !IsWhiteSpace( c ) )
                                {
                                        firstCharFound = true;
                                        if ( c == '/' )
                                                closingTag = true;
                                }
                        }
                        // If it was a closing tag, then read in the closing '>' to clean up the input stream.
                        // If it was not, the streaming will be done by the tag.
                        if ( closingTag )
                        {
                                if ( !in->good() )
                                        return;

                                int c = in->get();
                                if ( c <= 0 )
                                {
                                        TiXmlDocument* document = GetDocument();
                                        if ( document )
                                                document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_EMBEDDED_NULL, 0, 0, TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN );
                                        return;
                                }
                                assert( c == '>' );
                                *tag += (char) c;

                                // We are done, once we've found our closing tag.
                                return;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                                // If not a closing tag, id it, and stream.
                                const char* tagloc = tag->c_str() + tagIndex;
                                TiXmlNode* node = Identify( tagloc, TIXML_DEFAULT_ENCODING );
                                if ( !node )
                                        return;
                                node->StreamIn( in, tag );
                                delete node;
                                node = 0;

                                // No return: go around from the beginning: text, closing tag, or node.
                        }
                }
        }
}
#endif

const char* TiXmlElement::Parse( const char* p, TiXmlParsingData* data, TiXmlEncoding encoding )
{
        p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, encoding );
        TiXmlDocument* document = GetDocument();

        if ( !p || !*p )
        {
                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_PARSING_ELEMENT, 0, 0, encoding );
                return 0;
        }

        if ( data )
        {
                data->Stamp( p, encoding );
                location = data->Cursor();
        }

        if ( *p != '<' )
        {
                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_PARSING_ELEMENT, p, data, encoding );
                return 0;
        }

        p = SkipWhiteSpace( p+1, encoding );

        // Read the name.
        const char* pErr = p;

    p = ReadName( p, &value, encoding );
        if ( !p || !*p )
        {
                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_FAILED_TO_READ_ELEMENT_NAME, pErr, data, encoding );
                return 0;
        }

    TIXML_STRING endTag ("</");
        endTag += value;

        // Check for and read attributes. Also look for an empty
        // tag or an end tag.
        while ( p && *p )
        {
                pErr = p;
                p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, encoding );
                if ( !p || !*p )
                {
                        if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_READING_ATTRIBUTES, pErr, data, encoding );
                        return 0;
                }
                if ( *p == '/' )
                {
                        ++p;
                        // Empty tag.
                        if ( *p  != '>' )
                        {
                                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_PARSING_EMPTY, p, data, encoding );             
                                return 0;
                        }
                        return (p+1);
                }
                else if ( *p == '>' )
                {
                        // Done with attributes (if there were any.)
                        // Read the value -- which can include other
                        // elements -- read the end tag, and return.
                        ++p;
                        p = ReadValue( p, data, encoding );             // Note this is an Element method, and will set the error if one happens.
                        if ( !p || !*p ) {
                                // We were looking for the end tag, but found nothing.
                                // Fix for [ 1663758 ] Failure to report error on bad XML
                                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_READING_END_TAG, p, data, encoding );
                                return 0;
                        }

                        // We should find the end tag now
                        // note that:
                        // </foo > and
                        // </foo> 
                        // are both valid end tags.
                        if ( StringEqual( p, endTag.c_str(), false, encoding ) )
                        {
                                p += endTag.length();
                                p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, encoding );
                                if ( p && *p && *p == '>' ) {
                                        ++p;
                                        return p;
                                }
                                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_READING_END_TAG, p, data, encoding );
                                return 0;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_READING_END_TAG, p, data, encoding );
                                return 0;
                        }
                }
                else
                {
                        // Try to read an attribute:
                        TiXmlAttribute* attrib = new TiXmlAttribute();
                        if ( !attrib )
                        {
                                return 0;
                        }

                        attrib->SetDocument( document );
                        pErr = p;
                        p = attrib->Parse( p, data, encoding );

                        if ( !p || !*p )
                        {
                                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_PARSING_ELEMENT, pErr, data, encoding );
                                delete attrib;
                                return 0;
                        }

                        // Handle the strange case of double attributes:
                        #ifdef TIXML_USE_STL
                        TiXmlAttribute* node = attributeSet.Find( attrib->NameTStr() );
                        #else
                        TiXmlAttribute* node = attributeSet.Find( attrib->Name() );
                        #endif
                        if ( node )
                        {
                                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_PARSING_ELEMENT, pErr, data, encoding );
                                delete attrib;
                                return 0;
                        }

                        attributeSet.Add( attrib );
                }
        }
        return p;
}


const char* TiXmlElement::ReadValue( const char* p, TiXmlParsingData* data, TiXmlEncoding encoding )
{
        TiXmlDocument* document = GetDocument();

        // Read in text and elements in any order.
        const char* pWithWhiteSpace = p;
        p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, encoding );

        while ( p && *p )
        {
                if ( *p != '<' )
                {
                        // Take what we have, make a text element.
                        TiXmlText* textNode = new TiXmlText( "" );

                        if ( !textNode )
                        {
                            return 0;
                        }

                        if ( TiXmlBase::IsWhiteSpaceCondensed() )
                        {
                                p = textNode->Parse( p, data, encoding );
                        }
                        else
                        {
                                // Special case: we want to keep the white space
                                // so that leading spaces aren't removed.
                                p = textNode->Parse( pWithWhiteSpace, data, encoding );
                        }

                        if ( !textNode->Blank() )
                                LinkEndChild( textNode );
                        else
                                delete textNode;
                } 
                else 
                {
                        // We hit a '<'
                        // Have we hit a new element or an end tag? This could also be
                        // a TiXmlText in the "CDATA" style.
                        if ( StringEqual( p, "</", false, encoding ) )
                        {
                                return p;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                                TiXmlNode* node = Identify( p, encoding );
                                if ( node )
                                {
                                        p = node->Parse( p, data, encoding );
                                        LinkEndChild( node );
                                }                               
                                else
                                {
                                        return 0;
                                }
                        }
                }
                pWithWhiteSpace = p;
                p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, encoding );
        }

        if ( !p )
        {
                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_READING_ELEMENT_VALUE, 0, 0, encoding );
        }       
        return p;
}


#ifdef TIXML_USE_STL
void TiXmlUnknown::StreamIn( std::istream * in, TIXML_STRING * tag )
{
        while ( in->good() )
        {
                int c = in->get();      
                if ( c <= 0 )
                {
                        TiXmlDocument* document = GetDocument();
                        if ( document )
                                document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_EMBEDDED_NULL, 0, 0, TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN );
                        return;
                }
                (*tag) += (char) c;

                if ( c == '>' )
                {
                        // All is well.
                        return;         
                }
        }
}
#endif


const char* TiXmlUnknown::Parse( const char* p, TiXmlParsingData* data, TiXmlEncoding encoding )
{
        TiXmlDocument* document = GetDocument();
        p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, encoding );

        if ( data )
        {
                data->Stamp( p, encoding );
                location = data->Cursor();
        }
        if ( !p || !*p || *p != '<' )
        {
                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_PARSING_UNKNOWN, p, data, encoding );
                return 0;
        }
        ++p;
    value = "";

        while ( p && *p && *p != '>' )
        {
                value += *p;
                ++p;
        }

        if ( !p )
        {
                if ( document ) 
                        document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_PARSING_UNKNOWN, 0, 0, encoding );
        }
        if ( p && *p == '>' )
                return p+1;
        return p;
}

#ifdef TIXML_USE_STL
void TiXmlComment::StreamIn( std::istream * in, TIXML_STRING * tag )
{
        while ( in->good() )
        {
                int c = in->get();      
                if ( c <= 0 )
                {
                        TiXmlDocument* document = GetDocument();
                        if ( document )
                                document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_EMBEDDED_NULL, 0, 0, TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN );
                        return;
                }

                (*tag) += (char) c;

                if ( c == '>' 
                         && tag->at( tag->length() - 2 ) == '-'
                         && tag->at( tag->length() - 3 ) == '-' )
                {
                        // All is well.
                        return;         
                }
        }
}
#endif


const char* TiXmlComment::Parse( const char* p, TiXmlParsingData* data, TiXmlEncoding encoding )
{
        TiXmlDocument* document = GetDocument();
        value = "";

        p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, encoding );

        if ( data )
        {
                data->Stamp( p, encoding );
                location = data->Cursor();
        }
        const char* startTag = "<!--";
        const char* endTag   = "-->";

        if ( !StringEqual( p, startTag, false, encoding ) )
        {
                if ( document )
                        document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_PARSING_COMMENT, p, data, encoding );
                return 0;
        }
        p += strlen( startTag );

        // [ 1475201 ] TinyXML parses entities in comments
        // Oops - ReadText doesn't work, because we don't want to parse the entities.
        // p = ReadText( p, &value, false, endTag, false, encoding );
        //
        // from the XML spec:
        /*
         [Definition: Comments may appear anywhere in a document outside other markup; in addition, 
                      they may appear within the document type declaration at places allowed by the grammar. 
                                  They are not part of the document's character data; an XML processor MAY, but need not, 
                                  make it possible for an application to retrieve the text of comments. For compatibility, 
                                  the string "--" (double-hyphen) MUST NOT occur within comments.] Parameter entity 
                                  references MUST NOT be recognized within comments.

                                  An example of a comment:

                                  <!-- declarations for <head> & <body> -->
        */

    value = "";
        // Keep all the white space.
        while ( p && *p && !StringEqual( p, endTag, false, encoding ) )
        {
                value.append( p, 1 );
                ++p;
        }
        if ( p && *p ) 
                p += strlen( endTag );

        return p;
}


const char* TiXmlAttribute::Parse( const char* p, TiXmlParsingData* data, TiXmlEncoding encoding )
{
        p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, encoding );
        if ( !p || !*p ) return 0;

        if ( data )
        {
                data->Stamp( p, encoding );
                location = data->Cursor();
        }
        // Read the name, the '=' and the value.
        const char* pErr = p;
        p = ReadName( p, &name, encoding );
        if ( !p || !*p )
        {
                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_READING_ATTRIBUTES, pErr, data, encoding );
                return 0;
        }
        p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, encoding );
        if ( !p || !*p || *p != '=' )
        {
                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_READING_ATTRIBUTES, p, data, encoding );
                return 0;
        }

        ++p;    // skip '='
        p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, encoding );
        if ( !p || !*p )
        {
                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_READING_ATTRIBUTES, p, data, encoding );
                return 0;
        }
        
        const char* end;
        const char SINGLE_QUOTE = '\'';
        const char DOUBLE_QUOTE = '\"';

        if ( *p == SINGLE_QUOTE )
        {
                ++p;
                end = "\'";             // single quote in string
                p = ReadText( p, &value, false, end, false, encoding );
        }
        else if ( *p == DOUBLE_QUOTE )
        {
                ++p;
                end = "\"";             // double quote in string
                p = ReadText( p, &value, false, end, false, encoding );
        }
        else
        {
                // All attribute values should be in single or double quotes.
                // But this is such a common error that the parser will try
                // its best, even without them.
                value = "";
                while (    p && *p                                                                                      // existence
                                && !IsWhiteSpace( *p )                                                          // whitespace
                                && *p != '/' && *p != '>' )                                                     // tag end
                {
                        if ( *p == SINGLE_QUOTE || *p == DOUBLE_QUOTE ) {
                                // [ 1451649 ] Attribute values with trailing quotes not handled correctly
                                // We did not have an opening quote but seem to have a 
                                // closing one. Give up and throw an error.
                                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_READING_ATTRIBUTES, p, data, encoding );
                                return 0;
                        }
                        value += *p;
                        ++p;
                }
        }
        return p;
}

#ifdef TIXML_USE_STL
void TiXmlText::StreamIn( std::istream * in, TIXML_STRING * tag )
{
        while ( in->good() )
        {
                int c = in->peek();     
                if ( !cdata && (c == '<' ) ) 
                {
                        return;
                }
                if ( c <= 0 )
                {
                        TiXmlDocument* document = GetDocument();
                        if ( document )
                                document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_EMBEDDED_NULL, 0, 0, TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN );
                        return;
                }

                (*tag) += (char) c;
                in->get();      // "commits" the peek made above

                if ( cdata && c == '>' && tag->size() >= 3 ) {
                        size_t len = tag->size();
                        if ( (*tag)[len-2] == ']' && (*tag)[len-3] == ']' ) {
                                // terminator of cdata.
                                return;
                        }
                }    
        }
}
#endif

const char* TiXmlText::Parse( const char* p, TiXmlParsingData* data, TiXmlEncoding encoding )
{
        value = "";
        TiXmlDocument* document = GetDocument();

        if ( data )
        {
                data->Stamp( p, encoding );
                location = data->Cursor();
        }

        const char* const startTag = "<![CDATA[";
        const char* const endTag   = "]]>";

        if ( cdata || StringEqual( p, startTag, false, encoding ) )
        {
                cdata = true;

                if ( !StringEqual( p, startTag, false, encoding ) )
                {
                        if ( document )
                                document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_PARSING_CDATA, p, data, encoding );
                        return 0;
                }
                p += strlen( startTag );

                // Keep all the white space, ignore the encoding, etc.
                while (    p && *p
                                && !StringEqual( p, endTag, false, encoding )
                          )
                {
                        value += *p;
                        ++p;
                }

                TIXML_STRING dummy; 
                p = ReadText( p, &dummy, false, endTag, false, encoding );
                return p;
        }
        else
        {
                bool ignoreWhite = true;

                const char* end = "<";
                p = ReadText( p, &value, ignoreWhite, end, false, encoding );
                if ( p && *p )
                        return p-1;     // don't truncate the '<'
                return 0;
        }
}

#ifdef TIXML_USE_STL
void TiXmlDeclaration::StreamIn( std::istream * in, TIXML_STRING * tag )
{
        while ( in->good() )
        {
                int c = in->get();
                if ( c <= 0 )
                {
                        TiXmlDocument* document = GetDocument();
                        if ( document )
                                document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_EMBEDDED_NULL, 0, 0, TIXML_ENCODING_UNKNOWN );
                        return;
                }
                (*tag) += (char) c;

                if ( c == '>' )
                {
                        // All is well.
                        return;
                }
        }
}
#endif

const char* TiXmlDeclaration::Parse( const char* p, TiXmlParsingData* data, TiXmlEncoding _encoding )
{
        p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, _encoding );
        // Find the beginning, find the end, and look for
        // the stuff in-between.
        TiXmlDocument* document = GetDocument();
        if ( !p || !*p || !StringEqual( p, "<?xml", true, _encoding ) )
        {
                if ( document ) document->SetError( TIXML_ERROR_PARSING_DECLARATION, 0, 0, _encoding );
                return 0;
        }
        if ( data )
        {
                data->Stamp( p, _encoding );
                location = data->Cursor();
        }
        p += 5;

        version = "";
        encoding = "";
        standalone = "";

        while ( p && *p )
        {
                if ( *p == '>' )
                {
                        ++p;
                        return p;
                }

                p = SkipWhiteSpace( p, _encoding );
                if ( StringEqual( p, "version", true, _encoding ) )
                {
                        TiXmlAttribute attrib;
                        p = attrib.Parse( p, data, _encoding );         
                        version = attrib.Value();
                }
                else if ( StringEqual( p, "encoding", true, _encoding ) )
                {
                        TiXmlAttribute attrib;
                        p = attrib.Parse( p, data, _encoding );         
                        encoding = attrib.Value();
                }
                else if ( StringEqual( p, "standalone", true, _encoding ) )
                {
                        TiXmlAttribute attrib;
                        p = attrib.Parse( p, data, _encoding );         
                        standalone = attrib.Value();
                }
                else
                {
                        // Read over whatever it is.
                        while( p && *p && *p != '>' && !IsWhiteSpace( *p ) )
                                ++p;
                }
        }
        return 0;
}

bool TiXmlText::Blank() const
{
        for ( unsigned i=0; i<value.length(); i++ )
                if ( !IsWhiteSpace( value[i] ) )
                        return false;
        return true;
}